Michael C.

Experience

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  Colegio Universitario Boston

  Feb 2009 - Jan 2011

  ESL Teacher and Translator

  Creating supportive learning environments helping students meet learning goals; teaching rules of reading, writing, and speaking in English; overseeing progress by tracking assignments and examining grades, in order to provide feedback.

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  LanguageLine Solutions

  Feb 2011 - Oct 2018

  English-Spanish Consecutive Interpreter

  Handling calls on demand, and rendering the meaning of conversations between Spanish and English speakers for various industries: Healthcare, Government, Insurance, Financial, Utilities, Travel & Hospitality, General Business, Law Enforcement, Court, and 911; processing information quickly, concisely and recognizing sensitive cultural differences; rendering correct concepts and meanings according to the conventions of established interpretation protocol, avoiding omissions or additions.

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  People in Need

  Nov 2016 - Dec 2016

  Freelance Translator

  Converting text from one language to another, ensuring translated content conveyed original meaning; follow up with internal team members and clients to ensure translation meets their needs; edit content maintaining its original format.

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  Amazon

  Oct 2018 - Jan 2020

  Machine Learning Linguist in Castilian, Mexican and US Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese

  Transcribing and annotating speech data for TTS projects; selecting corpus material for voice recordings; reasoning about transcription (IPA, x-SAMPA, x-Ivona) and annotation guidelines, identifying issues and flaws; analyzing metrics (such as user opinion) and lexicon transcription coverage; translating data requirements into annotation guidelines and other documentation; working in concert with linguists, as well as data scientists, engineers, and project managers to achieve project goals.

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  Stratus Video

  Apr 2020 - Jul 2020

  Video Interpreter - Spanish

  Video interpretation for numerous hospital systems during the 2020 COVID pandemic at physical rehabilitation sessions, emergency room visits, scheduled medical appointments, among other settings.

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  Moody's Ratings

  Aug 2020 - now

  Senior Editor

  Brazilian Portuguese, and Mexican and Argentinian Spanish Senior Editor. Editing and reviewing for a clear, accurate and smooth text in the target languages. Assisting in workflow of translated materials with support functions. Addressing flaws on a grammatical and technical level. Exercising judgment when issues arrive, proposing solutions to help further enhance the translation process. Maintaining a highly efficient communication with analysts to ensure that the consistent translation approach and terminologies are implemented. Executing ad hoc projects. Show less